It's pretty easy to swap the box. although you will need a pitman arm puller. other than that, basic hand tools should be all you need. The puller can be rented from any parts place usually. although, come to think of it, I rented the largest puller my parts store had and it still didn't fit, I think i used a dead blow to get the pitman arm off my old box.

Here's a good write up I found when I swapped mine. conveniently gives you a tool break down as well! Hope that helps.

I replaced my steering gear box and power steering pump at the same time. I started the job around 6 or 7 on a saturday night and I think I finished it around 2am if memory serves me.

It's not too bad, I did mine in about three hours. I would suggest getting an adjustable pitman arm puller, I couldn't find one that was big enough and ended up getting the adjustable one. The biggest problem for me was getting the draglink off the pitman arm. Use a BFH and spray it with PB Blaster a few days before.

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